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More Quotes by Thich Nhat Hanh (Thích Nhất Hạnh)
The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.
Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.
In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
No one is more worthy of your kindness and compassion than you are.
Many of us have been running all our lives. Practice stopping.
People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.
When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending.
The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.
